{"id":1415657,"date":"2026-07-27T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1415657"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T08:03:13","slug":"putin-may-resort-to-fake-diplomacy-to-torpedo-us-sanctions-sybiha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-may-resort-to-fake-diplomacy-to-torpedo-us-sanctions-sybiha\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin May Resort to Fake Diplomacy to Torpedo US Sanctions \u2014 Sybiha"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for vigilance against Russia&#8217;s attempts to simulate diplomacy in order to derail new sanctions decisions from Ukraine&#8217;s allies.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine&#8217;s top diplomat wrote this on <a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/andrii_sybiha\/status\/2081031984516673821\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A clear pattern has emerged in recent years: every time new serious sanctions are brewing, especially from the US, Putin does everything he can to buy time,&#8221; Sybiha stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that Russian leader Vladimir Putin&#8217;s &#8220;favorite weapon&#8221; is &#8220;fake diplomacy, staged phone calls, and meetings held in bad faith.&#8221;<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Given that Senator Lindsey Graham&#8217;s sanctions bill will be introduced next week, we need to stay on alert. Russia may try to derail this by pretending to care about peace,&#8221; Sybiha stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, timely sanctions decisions would push the Kremlin to end hostilities.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Strengthening sanctions pressure on Moscow is not just a timely step \u2014 it is vital for countering Russian terror and forcing it into a genuine end to this war,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s foreign minister concluded.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As previously reported, the bill drafted by Senator Lindsey Graham to substantially strengthen anti-Russia sanctions has secured sufficient support in the US Senate.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Kazakhstan&#8217;s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed to Russian leader Vladimir Putin that they &#8220;freeze&#8221; the war in Ukraine with the assistance of world powers.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-is-recruiting-30-000-troops-from-north-korea-and-passing-intelligence-to-iran-zelenskyy\/\">Russia Is Recruiting 30,000 Troops From North Korea and Passing Intelligence to Iran \u2014 Zelenskyy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called for vigilance against Russia&#8217;s attempts to simulate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1374374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,53,36422,54,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72928],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1415657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-usa-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-sanctions-on-russia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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